Harris Girls Academy Bromley, Beckenham

In its own words: ""All can: We will" is a belief that all students have the potential to achieve brilliant things and forge their own individual paths to success. This is achieved through high-quality implementation of a rich and broad curriculum, character-defining personal development and positive relationships with staff."

From the headteacher's welcome: "We are a highly successful 'outstanding' Academy in New Beckenham with girls only in Key Stage 3 and 4 and boys joining us in the Sixth Form. Our state of the art facilities are new and reflect our approach to learning which combines the very best of traditional and modern approaches ."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, netball, tennis, gymnastics, badminton, multi-sports, dance, drama, choir and chess.

Coming up: an open evening on Thursday 5 November 2026 at 4.30pm. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2026, pupils at Harris Girls Academy Bromley averaged an Attainment 8 score of 61.7, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 52.8 in Bromley and 47 across England.

68% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 56% in Bromley and 47% in England.

That is up from 58.3 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.99: pupils made well above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 56.3, against 65.1 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 8.8 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 23 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and French.

For September 2026 entry, 169 families put Harris Girls Academy Bromley as their first choice and 773 named it as one of their preferences, for 175 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 57 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Harris Girls Academy Bromley are Sedgehill Academy (1 mile, Good, Attainment 8 51.9); Forest Hill School (1.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 50.9); Harris Academy Beckenham (1.3 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 54.5); and Sydenham and Forest Hill Sixth Form (1.5 miles).

Harris Girls Academy Bromley's 2026 results were higher than all 3 of them.

Harris Girls Academy Bromley is one of 59 schools run by Harris Federation, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 50.5 in 2024/25.

Of the 165 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 96% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 12% to a further education college.

Of the 83 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 71% went on to university or other higher education, 5% to apprenticeships and 7% into work. 16% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

8.6% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Black (33%), White British (19%) and Mixed (16%).

In 2026, 105 pupils (9.4%) received SEN support and 14 (1.3%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia.

The nearest railway station is New Beckenham Station, about 330 metres away (roughly a 4-minute walk).

3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Lennard Road (->s), 270 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Harris Girls Academy Bromley stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 564 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and vehicle crime. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Bromley (188), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Harris Girls Academy Bromley issued 47 suspensions, 4.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Harris Girls Academy Bromley are Alexandra Infant School (0.3 miles), Alexandra Junior School (0.4 miles), Harris Primary Academy Kent House (0.4 miles) and St John's Church of England Primary School (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.